Tim Bale’s Blog- ‘Attacks on the wealthy authors of “Austerity 2.0” could backfire’, Financial Times, 18 November 2022
- ‘The Damned Disunited. Will the Conservative Party fall apart under Rishi Sunak’, UK in a Changing Europe, 24 October 2022.
- ‘Austerity, Brexit and 44 days in purgatory: the key stages of Tory rule’, Observer, 22 October 2022.
- ‘The Conservatives have come back from oblivion before’, Financial Times, 21 October 2022.
- ‘”Difficult decisions” require the consent of the country’, The Independent, 20 October 2022.
- ‘Make no mistake: Liz Truss’s days are numbered’, El País, 18 October 2022.
- ‘Nationalised ideas factories would make better policy’, Research Professional News, 12 October 2022.
- ‘The new British government and the House of Commons do not represent the country’, Le Monde, 1 October 2022
- ‘Memoirs are made of this’, Encompass, 1 September 2022.
- ‘Wonder who Liz Truss will reward with a job or punish with exile? History can tell us’, Observer, 21 August 2022.
Tag Archives: Labour
‘Is capitalism at a crossroads?’, Observer, 1 October 2017.
Seen from space, capitalism seems to be ticking along quite nicely. Globally, at least, the markets and growth they promote have pulled millions out of absolute poverty. Zoom in, though, and the picture is more worrying – and not only … Continue reading
‘Jezza’s Bezzas: Labour’s New Members’, Huffington Post, 28 June 2016.
Labour is in crisis. Whoever stands in the next leadership contest will have to face its grassroots members, large numbers of whom joined the party to help elect Jeremy Corbyn in 2015. With the help of YouGov and as part … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Labour members, Labour Party, party members
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‘Antisemitism is rare in Britain, but Labour should still examine itself’, New Statesman, 20 May 2016.
Another week, another bunch of stories about antisemitism in the Labour Party. First off we had the announcement that Shami Chakrabarti’s inquiry would aim to report by the end of June. Barely had we had time to digest that before we … Continue reading
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Tagged antisemitism, Conservative Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Labour Party, UKIP
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‘Minority views? Labour members had been longing for someone like Corbyn before he was even on the ballot paper’ (with Paul Webb and Monica Poletti), LSE Blog, 14 March 2016
A recently published blow-by-blow account of one of the biggest upsets we’ve ever seen in a Labour Party leadership contest reminds us that Jeremy Corbyn only made it onto the ballot paper due to the nominations of 35 MPs – ‘morons‘, according … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Labour Party, Leadership contest, party members
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‘Fight or flight: On rationality and resilience in the Labour Party’, IPPR, 1 June 2015
‘Nobody knows anything … Not one person in the entire … field knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Every time out it’s a guess and, if you’re lucky, an educated one.’ So wrote the acclaimed screenwriter, William Goldman, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Burnham, Labour, Leadership contest, Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper
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‘It’s the economy, stupid: time to regain credibility?’, Progress, 19 May 2015
Restoring Labour’s reputation for economic competence – or perhaps I should say resuscitating or even raising it from the dead – has to be the number one task for whoever becomes its new leader. It may sound, and it may … Continue reading
Where did it go wrong for Ed Miliband, New Statesman, 12 May 2015
So Ed Miliband has joined the roster of Labour leaders never to have become Prime Minister, and already plenty of people have been more than happy to tell anyone who’ll listen that they always knew he was a loser. Many … Continue reading
‘Behind the Political Masks’, Financial Times, 4 May 2015
It’s been a no-surprises campaign — or so runs the conventional wisdom. Yet, almost in spite of themselves, nearly all the party leaders have told us something worth knowing. From Natalie Bennett, we’ve learned that the Greens have picked a … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Greens, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Natalie Bennett, Nick Clegg, Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, SNP, UKIP
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‘The guys who crashed the car: why Labour is still in a mess over spending’, New Statesman, 1 May 2015
When it comes to being interrogated on live television by members of the public, as they were on the BBC’s Question Time last night, most politicians, even the most testosterone-fuelled, tend to follow the advice of Estravan, the androgynous lead … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Gordon Brown, Labour, Labour government, Tony Blair
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‘Want to get your research noticed by politicians? Work with a think tank’, Guardian, 27 April 2015
Academic impact on politicians can be a hit and miss affair. Indeed, when it comes to direct influence, it may well be more hit than miss. Carefully crafted press releases and the launch of new institutes is one thing. But … Continue reading
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Tagged Channel Four, Conservatives, Demos, IPPR, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Open Europe, Policy Exchange, Think Tanks
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